Robert Arthur Frazier was the son of Lois Pfaffle and Arthur Frazier of Boise Idaho where he was raised. He was married 60 years to Margaret Lutgring of Tell City Indiana and they had 4 sons in Washington DC - Robert, Gary, Gene and Gregory. He graduated the Unversity of Idaho just before WW II and joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his 34 years with the FBI he was the principal firearms examiner for many crimes including the assassination of John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King. He testifed at length during the Warren Commission hearings.
After leaving the Bureau he continued to perform firearms analyses for the Northern Virgina Crime Lab and was a regular consultant fo Sturm-Ruger Firearms Inc.
He was an outdoor enthusiast who loved fishing, hunting and camping. He is survived by 3 sons, 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, all of whom dearly loved him.
